Howard Stern on his new 'AGT' image: 'I'm
like a Muppet,' 'Santa Claus'

After building a long career as controversy-courting shock jock, Howard Stern has finally found fans outside of his adults-only audience -- way outside. It seems children can't get enough of him now that he's a judge on a family-friendly talent show.

Stern stopped by "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" Monday and explained just how much "America's Got Talent" has changed his fan base.

Of course, at just 5 or 6, those kids wouldn't know about Stern's other claims to fame.

"They have no clue that I'm 'Butt Bongo' Howie; they don't remember Fartman at the MTV awards," he told Fallon. "They have no idea about the multiple spankings, and the things that I've done. I mean, I'm a monster, and these kids look at me and I'm like Santa Claus in the mall."

But the parents, well, Stern thinks they should know better, which is why he has a warning for the ones who want to put their kids in his lap